I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 52 Discussing the progress of the rebels in Liangzhou ([-])

In August, when Liu Bian learned of the rebellion of Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun, and various ministries of Bingzhou one after another, Dong Zhuo, the prefect of Hedong, led his army to escort grain and grass to Hanyang County.

Upon hearing the news, Zhu Jun and Hanyang prefect Fu Xie went to greet him.

After seeing Zhu Jun, Dong Zhuo cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Gongwei, under the orders of Zhang Jingzhao and Du Xianghou, I have come here to escort the food and grass, and temporarily stationed in Hanyang to fight against the rebels in Liangzhou with my brother and you. If it is useful in the future If you get Dong, Brother Gongwei must not be polite."

"..."

Zhu Jun was startled, and after turning his head to look at Dong Zhuo's army in the distance, he said with a smile: "With the help of Governor Dong, it will be even more helpful to put down the rebels."

While the two sides were exchanging greetings, suddenly several horsemen came galloping from a distance, and upon closer inspection, it was Sun Jian, his younger brother Sun Jing, and his nephew Sun Ben.

Dong Zhuo and Sun Jian were colleagues who went to Liangzhou's rebel army under Zhang Wen's command the year before last. They knew each other naturally. Seeing Sun Jian, Dong Zhuo greeted with a smile, "Wentai."

"Hmph." Sun Jian responded with a sneer.

Seeing this, a young man beside Dong Zhuo showed displeasure on his face. It was Dong Zhuo's nephew Dong Huang. He pointed at Sun Jian and said, "Sun Wentai, my uncle is kind enough to greet you. What is your attitude?"

Hearing this, Sun Jian's nephew, Sun Ben, was also annoyed, pointing at Dong Huang and scolding, "Young man with a yellow mouth, what are you yelling at?"

Dong Juan was furious, and was about to explode, but Dong Zhuo raised his hand to stop him. He looked at Sun Jian and sneered, cupped his hands and said to Zhu Jun, "Brother Gongwei, let me arrange the troops first..."

Zhu Jun was also troubled by Sun Jian's attitude towards Dong Zhuo, nodded and said: "Okay, Governor Dong, let's go, a certain banquet will be held tonight for Governor Dong and the generals."

"Thank you, Brother Gongwei."

Dong Zhuo thanked him, and after giving Sun Jian a meaningful look, he took his nephew Dong Huang, who still looked angry, away.

At this time, Fu Xie, the prefect of Hanyang, asked Sun Jian in puzzlement, "Brother Wentai, what are you doing?"

Seeing Fu Xie's puzzled face, and even a trace of blame on his face, Sun Jian explained: "Prefect Fu doesn't know that this Dong Zhuo looks heroic and loyal, but in fact he is cunning and treacherous. ) under his command to conquer the rebels in Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo was quite rude to Duke Boshen at that time, not to mention that he disobeyed orders several times during the hunt for the rebels..."

After speaking, he informed Zhu Jun and Fu Xie of the situation at that time.

After hearing this, Zhu Jun frowned and said, "I have heard Boshen mention this before, but... Although this Dong Zhongying is conceited and arrogant, it is undeniable that he is really good at leading troops to fight. A small defeat of the rebels, and a full retreat, isn't it?"

"This..." Annoyed look appeared on Sun Jian's face.

Seeing this, Zhu Jun comforted Sun Jian and said: "Now the rebel army is strong and the imperial army is weak. We must rely on his help. Don't criticize each other because of old prejudices, which will make the rebel army take advantage."

Sun Jian said in shame, "I understand."

Seeing this, Zhu Jun smiled slightly, and asked Sun Jian again, "How is the training of the new army going?"

Although the [-] new troops under Sun Jian's command had only been trained for more than a month, he was very confident and said seriously, "We can fight the rebels!"

Zhu Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "'You can fight with one' is not enough, if you want to 'fight, you must win', let's continue to intensify training."

Hearing this, Sun Jian said worriedly: "I waited until Hanyang and did not attack the rebels because I was afraid of the imperial court's urging."

"Don't worry." Zhu Jun smiled and comforted: "This time the court will not urge, even if there is, someone will take care of it for us."

"Shihou?" Sun Jian guessed curiously. Although he had never met him, he had heard about it with Liu Bei and others, and he was very envious of Liu Bei's friendship with Shihou, who was close to the status of prince.

Zhu Jun smiled without saying a word, and immediately told Sun Jian: "Tonight I will hold a banquet to welcome Dong Zhongying, Wentai should restrain itself."

Sun Jian's face immediately fell, but seeing Zhu Jun's face, he finally nodded.

About half an hour later, Liu Bei also learned of the incident.

At that time, he was also training the five thousand new army that Zhu Jun ordered him to train. A subordinate of his Henan Army reported to him about Dong Zhuo, which made him frown slightly.

However, Liu Bei's reaction was not as fierce as Sun Jian's, and he continued to drill the new army until Guan Yu and Zhang Fei hurried over with hundreds of Henan cavalry.

"Big brother."

Shouting from a distance, Zhang Fei galloped to a distance of several zhang away from Liu Bei, then got off his horse, walked towards Liu Bei excitedly, and said loudly, "Brother, did you hear that? Here it is, it is said that Zhu Zhonglang will hold a banquet to welcome him."

"Yide!"

Liu Bei stopped yelling in a deep voice, and after walking a few steps closer, he lowered his voice and blamed: "Everyone is watching here, what are you doing?"

After all, he ordered the new army to rest for a while, and he took Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who was one step late, to the side.

It has to be said that Liu Bei and Dong Zhuo also have grievances and grievances. During the chaos of the past, the township volunteer army led by Liu Bei and the three met Dong Zhuo's army who was fighting against the Yellow Turbans.

Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo saw Liu Bei and the other three in vain, and treated them very lightly. This made Zhang Fei furious, and almost killed Dong Zhuo to vent his anger, but Liu Bei and Guan Yu were standing by to stop him.

Unexpectedly, after many years, the two sides would run into each other again.

Compared with Zhang Fei's resentment, Liu Bei didn't hold any resentment very much. At worst, he thought he had saved a heartless and ungrateful person.

He said to Zhang Fei with a serious face: "The Zhonglang will hold a banquet to welcome Dong Zhuo later, the third brother must remember not to talk nonsense, you understand?"

"I see." Zhang Fei looked sullen.

In the evening of that day, Zhu Jun really hosted a banquet for Dong Zhuo, and invited all the generals under his command, Liu Bei, Sun Jian and others were present.

When seeing Liu Bei, Dong Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, with a hint of surprise on his face.

Seeing this, Zhang Fei, who was standing behind Liu Bei, couldn't hold back anymore, and said with a sneer, "You ungrateful people, do you still recognize our brothers?"

Dong Zhuo frowned without leaving a trace, and said with a smile: "It's a bit strange..."

Before he finished speaking, Guan Yu also snorted coldly and said, "Dong Taishou forgot that the army outside Guangzong County was defeated in the past, and how many of my brothers had to save the siege?"

Liu Bei wanted to reprimand Zhang Fei, but Guan Yu would also open his mouth to mock Dong Zhuo. When he was stunned, Zhang Fei sneered and said, "If it wasn't for our brothers that day, you would have been slaughtered by Zhang Jiao!"

Hearing this, Dong Zhuo's face was tense, showing a bit of anger, and his nephew Dong Huang also scolded angrily: "Who are you?"

From the side, Fu Xie, the prefect of Hanyang, never expected that Dong Zhuo had a quarrel with Sun Jian and Liu Bei as soon as he led the army. Brother Captain Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, Captain Sima Zhang Fei, Zhang Yide..."

"what!"

Dong Huang heard the words and said with disdain: "A mere school captain..."

Just as he was mocking, Zhu Jun also came over, as if he didn't hear Dong Juan's mockery, he smiled and said to Dong Zhuo: "Dong Taishou, Xuande is Lu Shangshu's disciple, before Lu Shangshu was awarded the crown prince Teacher, that's why Xuande is also Shihou's senior brother."

As soon as these words came out, Dong Juan's unfinished ridicule stopped abruptly, and Dong Zhuo's expression changed slightly.

In his opinion, Lu Zhi is no big deal, but Shi Hou... that is the future prince.

As soon as he thought about it, Dong Zhuo immediately put away the angry look on his face, and said to Liu Bei with a smile: "Xuande is in the same family as Shihou, I really envy others. In this way, we are not outsiders, Xuande doesn't know , I am also on good terms with the general..."

Seeing Dong Zhuo's sudden change of attitude, Liu Bei couldn't help feeling in his heart: If he hadn't heard Shihou's name, how could Dong Zhuo be like this?

With the idea of ​​not wanting to cause trouble, he nodded in agreement as a perfunctory gesture, and at the same time signaled Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with his eyes, making Zhang Fei, who was proud and happy, could only shut up obediently.

The banquet that night was not deserted, but it was not lively either.

I don't know if it's the same reason why I don't like Dong Zhuo. The group of generals of the Henan army headed by Liu Bei, as well as Zhao Fang, the lieutenant of the Tunqi school, were more harmonious with Sun Jian's group. Sun Jian frequently persuaded Liu Bei and Guan Yu to drink, and his subordinates General Han Dang, Zhu Zhize and Zhang Fei fought hard for wine, but Dong Zhuo seemed to be marginalized, and only Zhu Jun and Fu Xie kept drinking with him.

After the banquet, Dong Zhuo led the people under his command to leave, his nephew Dong Huang said angrily, "Sun Jian and Liu Bei, how dare you be so rude to uncle!"

At that time, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Li Ru was also beside his father-in-law. Hearing Dong Juan's words, he frowned and said to Dong Zhuo, "Sun Wentai is nothing to worry about. On the contrary, Liu Xuande... is very troublesome."

"Yes." Dong Zhuo sighed with a bit of envy: "Who would have thought that the three white men in the past would have a relationship with Shihou now."

Feelings are emotions, but he is not afraid of Liu Bei. Liu Bei has Lu Zhi, He Miao, and Shi Hou as his backers, and Dong Zhuo also has General He Jin as his backer. In his opinion, the backing of General He Jin is stronger after all.

Of course, if he is not afraid, he doesn't need to offend the other party.

On the other hand, Guan Yu also said to Liu Bei on the way back to the barracks: "Dong Zhongying, you are a likable person, and it is not appropriate to have a close friendship."

Liu Bei nodded: "I know, but there's no need for us to have any grudges with him, to add trouble to Shi Houtu, as long as the well water does not violate the river water."

"Good." Guan Yu nodded in agreement.

The next day, Liu Bei and Sun Jian continued to train the new army, while Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led hundreds of Henan cavalry to inspect Hanyang County.

During this period, Dong Zhuo visited Zhu Jun again.

Zhu Jun said to him: "Previously the kingdom led the rebels to invade Hanyang and occupied the cities of Langan and Pingxiang. Now the kingdom of the king of thieves has been frightened by the court's pursuit of thieves and retreated to Langan, but Pingxiang is still rebelling. In the hands of the army, we were outnumbered before, so I didn't dare to attack rashly, but now that Governor Dong is leading the army, I hope that Governor Dong will lead the army to recover the city first."

"How many rebels are there in Pingxiang?" Dong Zhuo asked.

Zhu Jun replied, "Four to five thousand at most."

Seeing this, Dong Zhuo no longer had any doubts, and readily accepted the order.

At this time, Zhu Jun told him: "Before attacking the city, send someone to persuade the rebels in the city to surrender. It would be best if the other party is willing to surrender. If they don't surrender...there is no need for prisoners after the battle, they will all be killed."

"..." Dong Zhuo showed a bit of surprise on his face, and immediately clasped his fists and said solemnly: "Follow the order!"

Two days later, after the rest of the army under his command was completed, Dong Zhuo led [-] Hedong troops to attack Pingxiang.

(End of this chapter)